http://feeds.business-standard.comThe latest news from India's most respected business daily.enBusiness Standard LimitedSat, 07 Nov 2009 15:55:06 GMTNewspapersBS RSS Generator10http://feeds.business-standard.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://feeds.business-standard.com14428Business Standardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/QTxAr_HNvnc/storypage_c.phpTheres an old grandmas superstition handed down over generations that you shouldnt keep the whole text of the Mahabharata in your house because it will become the harbinger of some great quarrel in the family.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375611Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:17:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375611http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/2zbWGfABYwE/storypage_c.phpThis is what my daughter said shed do for her birthday: Invite the guests. This is what my son said hed do for his sisters birthday: Bring friends. This is what my wife said shed do for our daughters birthday: Nothing. This is what I had to do for my daughters birthday: Organise the DJ, speak to a bartender, think up a menu and then order the food.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375593Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:16:51 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375593http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/G-YY0nh4hFE/storypage_c.phpAs I write this, both the teaching and the non-teaching staff are on strike at Tagores Visva Bharati University. This not only extends the long Puja holidays that the teachers and students have already had, but makes it clear to those with any interest in academia that syllabi will not be completed in time for the November semester exams.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375596Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:49 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375596http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/KgfqwdAMJQQ/storypage_c.phpHe is a raconteur and a writer with a painful brand of honesty, says Nilanjana S Roy about Ved Mehtas life/work in progress.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375562Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:09:51 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375562http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/ZfR8vkhrLhc/storypage_c.phpDeprived of finer speech, my chief utterance while reading van Goghs letters was: Oh, this is brilliant... this is brilliant... brilliant... It isnt as often as one would like that ones reading matter is of such quality as to interrupt ones respiration, and even less often that form, substance and function come together so satisfyingly as they have in the latest, and finest, edition of the great artists collected letters.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375563Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:09:47 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375563http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/hNnANbyhBN0/storypage_c.phpChristies International had its smallest evening Impressionist and modern-art auction in New York since May 2004 as buyers snubbed Picasso and Matisse in favor of conservative 19th-century landscapes and still-lifes.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375561Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:06:19 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375561http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/o2T4wc6bdec/storypage_c.phpDuring a visit to publishers offices in Germany earlier this year, I was impressed by the variety of literature available to young readers. Also noteworthy was the darkness of content a reminder that this was the land of the Brothers Grimm and the willingness to matter-of-factly deal with the realities of life. (The protagonist of one popular series was a child of divorced parents, his mother frequently referring to his absentee dad as a monster a word that can have literal and metaphorical meaning in childrens writing.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375567Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:05:05 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375567http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/4Xqdy3NWmNM/storypage_c.phpMagsaysay awardee Aruna Roy tells Sreelatha Menon that she is ready to chase a new dream, a School for Democracy.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375566Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:03:45 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375566http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/J2qRPSBhg84/storypage_c.phpWithin (but without) a debate about forms, artist Dhaneshwar Shah creates an alternate world.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375576Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:02:51 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375576http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/zEj9lPfn8y4/storypage_c.phpSo there we were at 4.30am, un-slept and merry, peering cross-eyed into the Rajasthani night at the hill wed suddenly decided to climb. Atop it is the temple dedicated to Savitri, Brahmas first wife, who stormed off there when she discovered that comely Gayatri had turned all four of His heads and become the Creators second wife. (Theres now a court case in which the Brahma temple priest is demanding that offerings made to Savitri should by right come to Brahma; and the Savitri temple priest says it should be the other way around since Brahma owes Savitri alimony.) Anyway, for some reason, it seemed vital to go and climb this hill. Now.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375565Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:57:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375565http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/jLuMNNYofdk/storypage_c.phpManesar is the new Gurgaon, but two resorts there provide a reason for refugees from the capital to seek sanctuary.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375575Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:55:06 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375575http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/FAHxuWQdJzQ/storypage_c.phpKoneru humpy Vs DV Sundar continues to gather momentum with the Chess Players Association of India has also published an open letter supporting the world no:2 and urging positive and open dialogue between Humpy and the All India Chess Federation.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375574Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:55:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375574http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/nEYWMu3goEs/storypage_c.phpDont we all just love massages? Lounging in the luxury of a massage chair or, even better, lying on a mattress while it vibrates the spine gently but firmly massages at home never felt so good. So say goodbye to stress and hello to indulgence even as these gadgets, with just a click of the remote, knead your muscles, soothe your tired nerves and help you face the grind of the next day.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375573Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:51:41 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375573http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/gFrWbNsEXek/storypage_c.phpI am interested in a diesel car and am contemplating the Maruti Suzuki Ritz and Swift and the Fiat Grande Punto. I drive about 50 km within the city daily, and once or twice a month to places around Mumbai (Pune, Nashik, Surat, etc).http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375570Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:49:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375570http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/Ek_MQLGzU0w/storypage_c.phpWith daybeds making a lasting impression in furniture trends, Abhilasha Ojha discovers that the market, apart from offering choices, is very high on design.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375572Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:48:35 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375572http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/2kkE7Atzvh4/storypage_c.phpThe UK restaurant critic A A Gill is as well known for his acerbic outrageousness as for his (formidable) knowledge of food, but even he couldnt have predicted the storm he would create with what will go down in history as the baboon confession. In his Sunday Times review of The Luxe, Gill served up an unforgettable opening line: I shot a baboon in Africa, last Wednesday, just after lunch.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375571Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:46:30 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375571http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/iQi8Pj7nUPo/storypage_c.phpDo you know what the waiting list for a diesel Maruti Suzuki is? Anywhere between three and four months. Now for the second question.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375569Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:46:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375569http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/ABtIonG5Ccw/storypage_c.phpInternational sleeper hit Paranormal Activity isnt the only one to be made with a handycam. In India, local hits are being churned out with minuscule budgets in towns with no history of cinema.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375564Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:43:09 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375564http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/Qdr3mSZaYtk/storypage_c.phpFast forward to the 2050 Geneva Motor Show. One of the last exhibits in a pavilion dedicated to the Glorious Internal Combustion Era will be the Toyota iQ. The 3D standee projected next to it will read something like this: The Toyota iQ.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375568Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:43:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375568http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Life-Leisure-All/~3/gOgVWD82OSI/storypage_c.phpProstitutes tend to make more money when they have pimps. A drunk walker is eight times more likely to get killed than a drunk driver. Muslim women who observe the one-month fast of Ramadan early in their pregnancy are more likely to have children with cognitive disabilities. Some people who are rushed to emergency rooms might have been better off if they just stayed home. Why arent we petrified of elephants, which kill many more people than sharks? This is the kind of stuff that you would not expect to find in a book connected with the otherwise soporific subject of economics.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375509Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:20:01 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375509